TY - JOUR
T1 - Modified Therapeutic Community Treatment for Offenders with MICA Disorders: Substance Use Outcomes
AU - Sullivan, Christopher J.
AU - McKendrick, Karen
AU - Sacks, Stanley
AU - Banks, Steven M.
N1 - Correctional systems nationwide have increasingly turned to therapeutic community (TC) programs for the treatment of addiction in prisons. TC treatment, with modifications, has shown considerable promise in treating offenders who have co-occurring mental and substance use disorders, a group that has a mounting prevalence in prison populations.
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - Correctional systems nationwide have increasingly turned to therapeutic community (TC) programs for the treatment of addiction in prisons. TC treatment, with modifications, has shown considerable promise in treating offenders who have co-occurring mental and substance use disorders, a group that has a mounting prevalence in prison populations. This article reports data from a study that randomly assigned male inmates with mental illness and chemical abuse (MICA) disorders (n = 139) to either a Modified TC (MTC) or a comparison group. Analyses revealed that the MTC group had significantly greater declines in alcohol and drug use at 12-months post-prison release. Additional analysis related positive substance use outcomes to reduced contact with the justice system and self-reported criminal activity. Implications for treatment and policy are discussed.
AB - Correctional systems nationwide have increasingly turned to therapeutic community (TC) programs for the treatment of addiction in prisons. TC treatment, with modifications, has shown considerable promise in treating offenders who have co-occurring mental and substance use disorders, a group that has a mounting prevalence in prison populations. This article reports data from a study that randomly assigned male inmates with mental illness and chemical abuse (MICA) disorders (n = 139) to either a Modified TC (MTC) or a comparison group. Analyses revealed that the MTC group had significantly greater declines in alcohol and drug use at 12-months post-prison release. Additional analysis related positive substance use outcomes to reduced contact with the justice system and self-reported criminal activity. Implications for treatment and policy are discussed.
KW - Co-occurring disorders
KW - mental illness and chemical abuse disorder
KW - modified therapeutic community
KW - substance use disorder
KW - treatment outcomes
UR - https://doi.org/10.1080/00952990701653800
U2 - 10.1080/00952990701653800
DO - 10.1080/00952990701653800
M3 - Article
VL - 33
JO - The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse
JF - The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse
ER -